What Is Ballistic Concrete — And Why It Matters for Live Fire Training

  • April 30, 2026

A Client Base Built on Federal Standards

Intro: The agencies and branches that choose a training facility vendor tend to have rigorous procurement standards of their own - which makes the client base itself a meaningful signal, separate from any marketing claim.

Who Amidon Builds For

Amidon's training facilities and ballistic concrete systems serve clients across every branch of the Department of Defense, along with U.S. Army Special Operations Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the General Services Administration.

Why This Client Base Matters

These are organizations with their own independent evaluation processes, their own safety requirements, and no particular incentive to choose a vendor that doesn't hold up under their own scrutiny. A federal client base isn't a testimonial - it's evidence of having passed procurement standards Amidon didn't write itself.

Consistency Across Very Different Missions

A training command's needs and a federal facility's needs aren't identical, but the underlying material and construction system is the same one, tested the same way, across all of them.